tldr: The animators are a bunch of gumbies.
Climbing is a very technical and subtle sport - unlike football, where the team plays out clear tactics and strategies that can be explained and visualised relatively simply, climbing is more to do with balance, body positioning and coordination. Now, these things could be impressed upon an audience but would require pristine animation and direction which, unfortunately 'Sport Climbing Girls' doesn't have a lot of...
It seems to me that whoever thought up the whole premise knew something about climbing but the staff actually making the anime haven't a clue: puzzle games to climbing is surprisingly more realistic
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Nov 23, 2019
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou
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Yokohama shopping trip is truly the best slice of life manga out. Told through the lens of Alpha, an undying android, it's set in a post apocalyptic japan where the sea level has risen (and continues to rise), flooding cities and roads. There aren't many people left but those who do group together in tight-knit communities.
Our main character, Alpha, runs a remote cafe on the coast. She gets few visitors and she waits for the return of her mysterious master. Her origins are unclear and very little is revealed as the manga progresses. The setting and characters are unique and enjoyable - Seeing the ... 
Sep 15, 2019
Kimi no Suizou wo Tabetai
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*spoilers*
I have no idea why people like this manga so much. The driving plot device is the heroine is dying of some pancreas disease. The characters are cliche with no likeable characteristics between them. The boy is sullen and friendless - considering relationships to be a waste of time as they will only hurt him in the end. The girl is basically a deredere The girl falls in love at first sight (as usual) and the boy is clueless as to why they're suddenly going on dates all the time. That's basically the manga. They go on dates. Basic romance, nothing interesting happens, it's been done a ... |
